Plated ornament for stoves



J. NAYLOR, Jr. Plated Ornament for Stoves.

Patented June 15 1880.

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UNITED STATES FFICEC PATENT JAMES NAYLOR, JR, OF ROCHESTER, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN S. PERRY, OF

ALBANY, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,921, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed February 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES NAYLOR, Jr., of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Applying Plated Ornaments to Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the application of plated parts or pieces for ornamental purposes to the surfaces of stoves or other surfaces which are exposed to the heat of fire; and it consists in raising or removing such plated parts from the surfaces to which they are applied, so as to allow a stratum of air to intervene between them.

During the past few years pieces or parts of cheap metal of various forms, having their surfaces either plain or figured, plated with some metal capable of taking a high degree of polish and brilliancy, have been extensively applied to stoves. This has generally been done by casting iron pieces or parts of therequired form and design upon their exterior surfaces, which have then been plated with the desired metal in the usual way of metal-plating, while their inner surfaces have been shaped to conform to the surfaces of the stove to which they were to be applied, and secured thereto by means of screws or other wellknown appliances. When the panels or sides of stoves or their magazine-section and many other parts which are subjected to a high degree of heat have thus been ornamented by means of these plated pieces or parts, such parts have been secured directly to and in close contact with the surfaces of the stove, so that the heat was readily transmitted to them and to the ornamental plating thereon.

I have ascertained that the effect of bringing such plated parts into direct contact with surfaces heated to a high temperature is to cause the plating in a very short time to lose its brilliancy and to become dull and tarnished, this result being due to some change in the plating-metal by the action of the heat upon it directly, or by promoting the union with such metal of the oxygen of the air or gases generated by combustion, or to the combined effect of these and other causes.

I have also found by practical tests that when the plated parts are removed or raised a short distance from the heated surface,so as to permit the free passage of the air between them, a very marked difference in result is produced, the plating-metal in such cascretaining its brilliancy and luster without becoming materially tarnished or discolored for a much longer time, and consequently requiring but little rubbing or polishing to retain its original appearance.

Nickel has generally been used for forming the ornamental plating upon stoves; but other metals and alloys may be used in substantially the same way to produce the desired results.

A cheap and efficient way of carrying out this invention is to form short lugs 0r projections, by casting or otherwise, upon the under side of the parts or pieces which are to be plated, which, by bearing against the surface of the stove, will raise or remove these parts a short distance therefromsay from one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch-and so leave an air-space between them.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of an ornamental plate attached to the surface of the stove; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, showing the means of at tachment.

In these drawings, A represents the central part of a panel or other surface of a stove. B is a piecejof any kind of metal, the surface of which is metal-plated in any design or form and to any desired degree. a a are lugs or projections upon the under side of the piece B, and these should be sufficient in number to give it a firm seat upon the surface to which it is to be secured. I) is a screw by which the piece B is held in place, and C is the intervening air-space.

The projections to to, instead of being attached to the piece B, may be formed by casting or otherwise upon the surface A, and it is considered that any material interposed between the attached piece and the surface to which it is attached, whether it be secured to either of them or otherwise, so as to form an air-space between them, will constitute the equivalent of the projections or lugs to a.

It is observed that the air-space O furnishes one of the most perfect non-conductors of heat between the heated surface A and the piece B, since the air as it becomes rarefied by heat is free to escape and is replaced by cool air.

A more desired eflect is gained by making the projections a a or their equivalents of some non-conducting material.

I am aware that prior to this invention plated parts, such as foot-rests, urns, 850., have been applied to stoves in such a way that the air could pass between them and the main body of the stove; but in all cases, so far as I know, the functions of these parts required that they should be located ata distance from the heated parts of a stove. My invention is independent of these parts which are required to be thus isolated from the main body of the stove, and is limited to those parts which are to be attached to the heated surfaces.

What is claimed as new is- 1. A metal-plated ornament combined with a stove by means of lugs or equivalent de- Vices, substantially in the manner described, so as to leave an air-space between the ornament and the surface of the stove, for the purpose set forth.

2. A nickel-plated ornament combined with a stove by means of lugs or equivalent devices, substantially in the manner described, so as to leave an air-space between the ornament and the surface of the stove, for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES NAYLOR, JR. [L.s.]

Witnesses:

HORACE MCGUIRE, SELDEN S. BROWN. 

